Photo: Robert Linsdell from St. Andrews, Canada · CC BY 2.0More Indigenous residents than 96% of Canadian towns: 18%
Renter households: 9.6%, below 90% of Canadian towns. St. Adolphe has fewer residents who moved in within the year than 89% of Canadian towns, at 7.2%. Some 8,770 people live here, by the estimate for July 2025. On the census count, 13% of residents are 65 or over. Statistics Canada counts St. Adolphe as part of Ritchot: the figures on this page are the municipality’s.
What stands out about the people of St. Adolphe
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
18% of residents identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit, more than in 96% of Canadian towns; 1.9% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Growing faster than most
Between the 2016 and 2021 censuses, St. Adolphe went from 6,679 to 7,469 residents (+12%), faster growth than in 87% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A growing town: +12% since 2016, faster than 87% of Canadian towns
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 17% higher again. Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; +4% across Manitoba’s towns.
St. Adolphe: 21% of residents are under 15, above 88% of Canadian towns
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
Where just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns, St. Adolphe has 12%. With a median age of 38, St. Adolphe is younger than 77% of Canadian towns. More residents are 35–39 than any other five-year age: 8% of residents.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ St. Adolphe, 38. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split.
Only 17% of households are one person living alone in St. Adolphe
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Manitoba’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Households average 2.8 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Elsewhere, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. The share of one-parent families stands at 6.1%.
More married residents 15 and over than 89% of Canadian towns: 58%
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: nearly a quarter of adults (typical: 27%). For St. Adolphe, the census puts common-law partners at 11%. Against that, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
A higher share of households in single-detached houses than 70% of Canadian towns, at 78%
Dwelling types, tenure and age of the housing. Prices, rents and shelter costs are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Owners and renters · share of households
When homes were built · share of homes
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Typically, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. 42% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 7.7% built before 1961.
Median household income: $109,000 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in St. Adolphe had $109,000 before tax, 27% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Household incomes across Manitoba’s towns have a median of $83,000. The pandemic’s benefits: 21% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
6.6% of residents are immigrants
Where immigrants were born and when they came, and how recently residents moved in.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 25%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Immigrants here were most often born in Europe (55%), then in Asia (24%). Compared with other places, residents without Canadian citizenship are scarce here: 2.3%, fewer than in 72% of Canadian towns. The share of immigrants trails 75% of Canadian towns: 6.6%.
63% said they are Christian and 35% that they have no religion
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Here 4.5% of residents belong to a visible minority, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 15%.
In St. Adolphe, 33% of residents speak English and French, more than in 83% of Canadian towns
The official languages residents can speak, and the ones they learned first.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents whose mother tongue is French is 1.5%; St. Adolphe has 18%. Typically, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 25%, a lower share than 55% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 7.6% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
A job for 67% of residents aged 15 and over
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, below this 67%.
Of 41 towns its size (8,560 to 8,989 people), the 11th youngest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
At one end is Iqaluit (32.8), at the other Renfrew (54). Next to St. Adolphe on this scale come Canterbury Park (36.9), Saint-Philippe (37.6), DT Cooksville (38.1) and Edson (38.4).
St. Adolphe is younger than 3 of its 6 nearest neighbours
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Adolphe | 8,770 | — | 38 | 13% | 6.6% |
| Niverville | 7,277 | 7.1 km | 32.8 | 10% | 8.8% |
| St. Norbert | 8,251 | 12.6 km | 41.6 | 19% | 20% |
| La Salle | 9,215 | 14.5 km | 39.6 | 13% | 7.6% |
| Richmond West | 6,114 | 14.8 km | 39 | 16% | 36% |
| South Pointe | 8,168 | 15.1 km | 30.5 | 5.3% | 48% |
| Fort Richmond | 11,563 | 15.1 km | 32.1 | 15% | 38% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Not in the Census Profile: unpaid care, cars, internet access, and how each age group has changed since 2016. We also chart no ethnic origins besides visible minority and Indigenous identity.
- The census’s own words. These are self-reported answers: Indigenous identity, immigrant status, religion. The census’s “visible minority” comes from the Employment Equity Act (non-white in colour or race, Indigenous peoples aside), and the page sets each beside other towns without labelling any.
- Against Manitoba’s towns and Canada’s towns. Provincial and national yardsticks: Manitoba’s towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents, and all Canadian towns of that size. No whole city and no First Nations reserve is in either median.
Questions about St. Adolphe’s residents
Is St. Adolphe bilingual?
33% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0.5% speak French only and 66% English only. French is the mother tongue of 18%.
How diverse is St. Adolphe?
Immigrants: 6.6% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 4.5%. Indigenous identity: 18%.
What religion are people in St. Adolphe?
35% said they have no religion and 63% that they are Christian; 2% named another faith.
Is St. Adolphe good for families?
21% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 69% of households and one-parent families 6.1%. Schools near St. Adolphe are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in St. Adolphe?
Half of St. Adolphe’s households had more than $109,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of St. Adolphe?
About 8,770, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 7,469 people in St. Adolphe, 12% more than 2016.
What is the average age in St. Adolphe?
The median age is 38, younger than 77% of Canadian towns. 21% are under 15 and 13% 65 or older.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population · Statistics Canada, population estimates for 1 July 2025 (table 17-10-0155). Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).